Zayka — Restaurant in Cherwell District

Very disappointed!! We had wanted to visit for a very long time but had heard mixed reviews from friends. So we went on Friday with some friends. Had to ask twice to order our food.!! Asked for a bread basket for the table as we had been waiting nearly 40 minutes just to order our foor, beard basket came out straight away, but unfortunately, microwaved bread isn't the greatest, especially when you just get a basket of bread NO dips of even a little olive oil..!! 🤷🏽 we couldn't barley swallow the bread as it was so dry.

Cocktails do not look like your website pictures, not even in the same glass. My wife had a passion fruit cocktail, which looked like someone had just rung the dish cloth out in the glass.!! My friend ordered the mudslide cocktail only to be told 10 mins later it wasn't available..!!

The Food... We had already been warned by a family member to avoid any of the just lamb dishes, especially the lamd shank, so we did..!!

We had hummus and chicken wings for starters, and hummus was a decent size portion but came with more microwaved bread..!! The chicken wings, which we're just the small cut of the wing and only 5 of them, looked like they had been brought from Aldi and cooked till completely dry, not great value at £5.95..!!

So we all ordered mixed Zayka and Tavuk shish's for mains. To be fair, the mains we're ok lamb in the mixed shish were all fatty cuts of lamb, but all ok 👍🏻 But £15 for a few cubes of chicken, lamb, salad garnish, and some sauce seemed a little overpriced as we had to order rice, fries, and wedges, separately for an additional £14-£15.

All in all, very basic food, overpriced, and the cocktails we got to try, we're disgusting all for just over £150 for 4 people, nearly £40 a head..!! We could have all gone and had a DECENT Kebab from the amazing Kebab Van in market square for £40

The restaurant also felt very unclean. Even the waiters' clothing was dirty.

We have always enjoyed Denis's Turkish restaurant, so we will continue to go there in the future, but atleast we...

I had wanted to try this restaurant since it opened with Mediterranean food being my favourite cuisine. Today we had a reason to celebrate after I got a new job offer. When we ordered our drinks I asked the waitress for 2 portions of bread and hummus to keep us going as we had two hungry teens with us. We then later ordered starters and mains. The bread and hummus pre starter did not arrive and the first food to arrive at the table was the starters. I cannot fault any of the food and we enjoyed all the dishes. At the end of the meal the bill came and the two hummus appeared on the bill at a cost of £12. I mentioned to the waitress that these had not arrived, she was quick to point out that they had and that I had asked her to leave it on the table for the mains. This had actually been a falafel dish which had hummus on it. They then removed 1 hummus from the bill. I again pointed out that neither of the hummus arrived. The waitress then again said that I was wrong as she saw the dish which had pomegranate seeds on top. The dish she referred to was in fact babaganoush. At being argued with and indirectly called a liar twice I began to get very upset as my integrity was being called into question. The bill was well over £100 and if I could not afford 2 hummus dishes I would not be spending over £100 on dinner in the first place. Her disrespectful attitude and the way she made me feel has meant we will never return. This is a real shame as we had already said as a family how great the food was and that we really wanted to come back. The manager came over at the end and was very pleasant and apologetic. The dishes we did not receive were removed from the bill and he gave 10% off. I would like to make it clear to the restaurant however that this was not about getting discount or items for free. I am more than happy to pay well for good food and service but will not pay for items I did not receive. Such a shame that a rude waitress spoilt a happy occasion...

Me and my two friends came here to break our fast after visiting Bicester village, we came in and ordered and had been waiting an hour, after all the tables had received their food who came after we had came, we had to ask where our food was and why everyone received their food before us. The staff kept saying sorry it's coming , then the joke of a manager came to us and was being so rude saying we didn't have any starters (which we did) and that's why we were waiting and then said everyone else was fasting that's why and we said we're fasting too, to which he responded with so much hostility and never apologise once and was so rude. Then we decided to just walk out because it was just disgusting behaviour from the manager once we walked out he followed us out and was shouting saying yeah just leave I don't care. I've never been treated like this ever, I was honestly in so much shock. Do not come here, disgusting horrible behaviour honestly. The young lady who took our order was extremely lovely and was not at fault whatsoever but the manager kept trying to pin it on her saying oh she didn't say you had a starter and then turned around and said we're lying and didnt order a starter. We was also contacted by the lovely table next to us of customers who found my friends Instagram from the previous review she left here and said she was so disgusted by how we were treated and he continued saying horrible stuff outside while we walked out and she even had to confront him because she felt so bad about how we were treated and he even said to her we were lying about being Muslim DISGUSTING...